“Soumm has lush tone, technical aplomb and abundant personality” – Baltimore Sun

French/Russian violinist Alexandra Soumm has performed with such leading orchestras as the Royal, BBC, London, and Hungarian National Philharmonics, as well as the Baltimore, Galicia, RTÉ National, Danish National, Vancouver, Trondheim, NHK, Tokyo Metropolitan, BBC Scottish, Tokyo and Munich Symphonies, with such conductors as Herbert Blomstedt, Neeme Järvi, Osmo Vänska, Leonard Slatkin and Marin Alsop.

She performs regularly with Orchestre National de Bordeaux, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de Lyon, and Orchestre National de Montpellier, and has performed with the L.A. Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. She has given recitals at the Louvre, Bozar, and Wigmore Hall. She has also appeared at Verbier and many other festivals.

Born in Moscow, Ms Soumm studied in Vienna with renowned pedagogue Boris Kuschnir, and won the Eurovision Competition in 2004.  Now based in Paris, she co-founded the non-profit organization Esperanz’Arts in 2012, a collaborative of more than 60 artists performing in schools, homeless shelters, prisons and hospitals. In 2013, she was named Godmother of the newly established El Sistema France.

https://www.alexandrasoumm.com/

Pianist Amandine Savary has performed in Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Tokyo (Suntory Hall), New York (Kaufmann Hall), London (Southbank Centre, Wigmore Hall, King’s Place), Paris (Maison de Radio France, the Louvre, Orsay), Dijon, Montpellier, Osaka, Monaco, Brussels (Flagey, Bozar, Palais Royal) etc.

She performs with such orchestras as London Mozart Players, London Pro Orchestra, Orchestre de Bretagne, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Latvian National Symphonic Orchestra and Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg.

Passionate about chamber music, her partners have included Latvian violinist Vineta Sareika (in the prizewinning Trio Dali), British violinist Jack Liebeck, Alfred Brendel, Augustin Dumay, Lawrence Power and  Paul Neubauer.

Her recordings, including Ravel Chamber music works and Schubert Piano Trios (for Fuga Libera) French melodies for cello & piano (for Sony) and Bach Toccatas (for Muso) have received many awards, including the prestigious Diapason d’Or and Gramophone Magazine’s “Editor’s Choice”.

https://www.amandinesavary.com/